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Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Hunting Creek Bridge, .3 Mile South of I-95, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

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Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Hunting Creek Bridge, .3 Mile South of I-95, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

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Summary

Significance: The Hunting Creek Bridge was one of the first group of parkway bridges to be built and maintained by the U.S. Government. As part of the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, this bridge was designed and built to blend into the surrounding landscape. The Hunting Creek Bridge is a triple arch, reinforced concrete bridge faced with native stone.
Survey number: HAER VA-42-A
Building/structure dates: 1929- 1932 Initial Construction

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1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Clarke, Gilmore D
Larsen, E T
Armstrong, E W
McNary, J V
Bureau of Public Roads
Meritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Nolin, Elizabeth, historian
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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